We’ve also revealed the works that won our extra-issue contests this year: Chloe Houser’s “At Odds with the Natural World” (which won the first OUR ALCHEMICAL VALENTINE), Edwin Evans-Thirlwell’s “Tank,” and John Terrance’s “Origins of an Enchanter” (which shared the first Valus’ Sigil). Our webmaster Eric Westerlind spiced these ‘Deep-Sea Gems’with some formatting heat. Yes.

Finally, immerse in Cat Cray’s “Erasures After Tristram Shandy” and Sean McSorley’s moody cityscapes, found in the Annual‘s ‘Images’ section; and the editors, Spece, Adams-Santos, and Westerlind figure in some strange introductory comments under this issue’s rubric, ‘Cities, Sites.’

Thank you again for joining us at SHARKPACK Poetry Review. Says Leviathan: No more average literature.